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PHILADELPHIA – Lose to the worst team in hockey, then beat the best. Go figure. Two days after falling to the lowly Buffalo Sabres, the Flyers bounced back with a 3-2 shootout win over the NHL-leading Nashville Predators on Saturday afternoon at the Wells Fargo Center. Most noteworthy in this game was the level of team defense the Flyers played in front of goaltender Rob Zepp, recently called up from the Phantoms for the third time this season. Zepp had to face only 22 shots (17 in regulation time) in recording his fourth NHL win against only one loss. Jake Voracek and Wayne Simmonds scored in the shootout while Zepp blanked the Predators on two shots. It was just the third...

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PHILADELPHIA – Lose to the worst team in hockey, then beat the best.
Go figure.
Two days after falling to the lowly Buffalo Sabres, the Flyers bounced back with a 3-2 shootout win over the NHL-leading Nashville Predators on Saturday afternoon at the...

WASHINGTON — The Philadelphia Flyers are on a bit of a roll in their uphill fight for a playoff berth.
Their latest win, though, was tempered by an injury to their goalie.
Wayne Simmonds scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period, and the Flyers...

PHILADELPHIA — Given the task at hand, the Flyers clearly wanted to get the post-All-Star stretch run off on the right foot.It didn't come easy but somehow the Flyers found a way to eke out a 4-3 shootout win over the Arizona Coyotes on Tuesday night at...

WASHINGTON — Braden Holtby's iron-man run produced another shutout as he made 21 saves in his 20th consecutive start and lifted the Washington Capitals to a 1-0 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night. Holtby put up his fourth blank slate of...

VOORHEES – Carlo Colaiacovo can tell a joke with the best of them but a 26-game benching can test even his sense of humor.
The 31-year-old defenseman was signed as a free agent back in November when a couple Flyer regulars went down with injury.
Then...

Jim and Rob Brooks did it quite the opposite of the way Kevin Costner did it in "Field of Dreams."
Costner built the field and the baseball dream team came.
The Brooks brothers bought an American Hockey League team and promised to bring it...

WASHINGTON — The Winter Classic began with perhaps a bit too much sun. By the end, seat cushions were falling from the sky.
The latest NHL outdoor game had a cliffhanger ending Thursday, with Troy Brouwer scoring with 12.9 seconds remaining to give the...

Swearing-in ceremony for Legislature
The new two-year legislative session officially began Dec. 1. But the newly elected and re-elected full-time legislators will take the oath of office Tuesday.
The swearing-in ceremonies for 203 members of the House...

VOORHEES — Whew! That was a scary few hours the Flyers endured on Wednesday, but the story had a happy ending.The glow of Tuesday night's 2-1 shootout win over Ottawa had turned to trepidation on Wednesday when the team's starting goaltender had to...

PHILADELPHIA — For the Philadelphia Flyers to do anything in their hoped-for second-half comeback, they need their top goalie in top shape.
That's why there was a collective sigh of relief, both late Wednesday and early Thursday, when netminder...

PHILADELPHIA – These are the types of wins the Flyers will need if they are to mount a charge in the second half.Philadelphia completed the first half of its season on a high Thursday night, coming from behind twice to knock off a quality team, the...

PHILADELPHIA — All season long, Jake Voracek has been downplaying his standing as the NHL points leader, saying it's "still early.''
Well, now we've reached the season's halfway point and Voracek still sits atop the leader board.
Care to adjust...

The Flyers announced on Friday that defenseman Nick Grossmann will be sidelined approximately three weeks with an upper-body injury.
Grossmann appeared to suffer a shoulder injury during Thursday night's game against the Washington Capitals, won by the...

TAMPA, Fla. -- Center Steven Stamkos ended a recent scoring slump with two goals, leading the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 4-3 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night at Amalie Arena.
Stamkos, who had just one goal and one assist in the...

A sea of orange jerseys, T-shirts and sweatshirts will once again flood Allentown's newly-built PPL Center on Friday as the Lehigh Valley Valley Phantoms face off against the Hershey Bears in the team's second regular season home game.
The Phantoms,...

Terry Murray is in his third season as head coach of the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, an American Hockey League team that originated in Philadelphia but played the last five seasons in Glens Falls, N.Y. while awaiting the completion of the PPL Center in...

Mark Alt can't wait.
The Lehigh Valley Phantoms 22-year-old defenseman — one day shy of his 23rd birthday — and his teammates are excited to get the AHL home season started 7:05 tonight when they host the Adirondack Phantoms at the brand new PPL Center....

WASHINGTON — Just moments after trade rumors involving the Flyers started to catch fire in Canada on Thursday night, general manager Ron Hextall hurried out of his box at the Verizon Center and poured cold water on them.
Speculation took off during the...

PHILADELPHIA — Hockey bills itself as the fastest sport around, and that probably includes changes in players' roles, too.
Just a year ago, Mark Streit was a brand new addition to the Flyers. A seasoned veteran in his mid-30s, Streit still had a period...

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